2nd. Annual British Columbia Dual Sport Festival

I was invited to again ride in beautiful British Columbia with my Canadian Dual Sport friends. We rode for three days in torrential rain, warm sunshine and SNOW. Across muddy washes, up and down incredibly steep rock covered hills and some of the twistiest paved roads imaginable. A great time was had by all and plans were laid to do it again next year. Life is good.

Howdy Sam,
Anyone who has ever actualy fought in a war can tell you that as General Sherman once said, "War is HELL." However if there are things that you belive in and feel that it is in the best interest of you, your country and mankind in general, then there may comne a time when you either fight for these belifes or live under the dictates of those who will fight to take them away from you. That's just my opinion, yours may be differnt, I hope you are never put into a position where you will have to choose between fight and flight. As to your question concerning Lt. Ward, he is not the man you wrote of, he was a Platoon Leader in 1969-70.

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on Jan 19

Hi. My name's Sam Patton and I'm 24 years old, born in 1982. I began really thinking about warfare my senior year of college, fall of 2004, when I made a project for myself of reading dozens of fiction and nonfiction books by soldiers and other people involved in the Vietnam War.
The stories and accounts I have read have honestly changed my life. Nothing is as simple as it once was, I feel.
I think there is a good chance that I will never participate in 'modern combat', for lack of a better word. I don't know how this makes me feel. I have no lust for blood but cannot wrap my mind around the idea that some people participate in war...and some don't. Everything I read says that it's horrible, and wonderful. It owns my thoughts but I feel inauthentic in thinking them.
Anyway, good pictures. Very good for an 'amateur.'
This is probably just silly, but have you read 'Dear Mom', a book by Joseph Ward about his experiences as a sniper in Vietnam? One of your pictures had a scribbled 'Lt. Ward' upon it and the back of his head was similar enough to get me thinking. Either way, an interesting book.
I've never ridden a motorcycle but hope to buy one one day. Good luck and never stop moving.